Life insurance lawyers in Texas know what the “Slayer Statute” says. It has been in use for many years. A 1973, Eastland Court of Appeals case talks about this statute. The case is styled, Cooley v. Cooley. Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York brought an interpleader action to determine…
Colleyville insurance lawyers do not want to waste their time on cases where a person is trying to commit a fraud. The Insurance Journal ran an article in late December 2015, wherein they publicized some extreme attempts at insurance fraud. The article is titled, Insurance Fraud Hall of Shame Reveals…
Hail claims lawyers need to read the Texas Supreme Court opinion styled, JAW The Point, L.L.C. v. Lexington Insurance Company. This is a 2015, opinion that is relevant to most hail damage claims, as well as lots of other claims. The case is written about in the State Bar of…
ERISA lawyers are in a position to be the bearers of bad news as it relates to persons having ERISA claims. Here are some paragraphs from a recent article on ERISA submitted to the State Bar of Texas. ERISA, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This is a federal…
Life insurance attorneys in Dallas can tell you about Section 1103.151 of the Texas Insurance Code. It is often times called the “Slayer Statute.” Here is a 1969, Fort Worth Court of Appeals opinion that dealt with the Slayer Statute when it was Article 21.23 of the Insurance Code. This…
Benbrook insurance lawyers at some point will have to deal with the Slayer Statute which is found in the Texas Insurance Code, Section 1103.151. In 1900, the Slayer Statute did not exist in Texas. A Texas opinion from that time illustrates how it works today. A person has to prove…
A 1955, Beaumont Court of Appeals case discusses a life insurance issue that comes up every once in a while. The case is styled, Pritchett v. Henry. Here is the relevant information from the case. Howard Pritchett and his wife, Clyda Pritchett, the appellants, filed their suit against the appellee,…
Irving insurance lawyers and all insurance lawyers want to spend their time suing insurance companies that commit wrongs against their customers. In doing this, one has to be aware of situations where the customer is the one committing fraud on an insurance company. Otherwise, a lot of time and effort…
Mineral Wells insurance lawyers and all insurance lawyers who keep up with what is happening in bad faith litigation will find this article interesting. It is from the Claims Journal and is titled, Going on the Offensive in Defending Bad Faith Claims. I do not agree with this article but…
Weatherford life insurance attorneys need to know what an insurance company will do when they are unsure who is entitled to life insurance benefits. The answer is that they will file an “interpleader” and notify all people who might have a claim. This was the procedure followed in a 1957…